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Thanks Nige,
That helps make some sense of it. So going on that, as the white stripe is painted down the middle with the current paint job, it would make sense to lay a layer of primer over the car otherwise the red would be lighter in the areas where the red is going to be painted over the white stripe. How would you know if you break through the paint? i think i there is a good chance i may be at risk of doing this due to lack of skill
and there are a few repairs (around the rear windscreen) where the paint is back to bare metal. so looks like flatting back, sealing, primer then colour coat (2 pack paint) to make the paint job work?
Still working on the repairs, had a wire feed problem this afternoon, taken a few hours to pull out the caught wire, no idea why it got stuck, but the repairs are coming through at a good pace
Cheers!
Ray
Hi Ray, don't fully understand, is the stripe going to be the same as the one that's on there now? If you're painting over the white & are afraid that the white might show through, just "base" the white up with a couple of layers of red until it's fully covered & then continue to paint the rest of the car. This is something that's done when "spot" repairs are carried out. If a car doesn't warrant a full prime before painting, you obviously end up with primer patches like a dalmation. The way to ensure full even colour covgerage is to spray the top coat colour over the primer spots first to build the colour up to a point where it covers the primer & it's not visible. You then continue to spray the rest of the car until it obtains full colour coverage. Hth
any pics of progress so far?
cheers...Nige
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